Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Death
by Sacks, Oliver
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- Condition
- Printed wrappers. Fading to spine, very good
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated, 171 pp. 8vo. Printed wrappers. Fading to spine, very good. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated, 171 pp. 8vo. From the library of Jim Silberman, the publisher and editor at Summit Books, who published a few of Sacks' titles in America, most influentially The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, which became a bestseller and made Sacks a household name. Sacks called Silberman "an important influence in my life [who] can spot the heart of the piece quicker than anyone else. He always gets a bullseye" (Web of Stories: Oliver Sacks, 2012).
Synopsis
Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf is a 1989 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks. The book covers a variety of topics in deaf studies, including sign language, the neurology of deafness, the history of the treatment of deaf Americans, and linguistic and social challenges facing the deaf community. It also contains an eyewitness account of the March 1988 Deaf President Now student protest at Gallaudet University, a school for the hearing impaired.
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- Seller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 367896
- Title
- Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Death
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated, 171 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Printed wrappers. Fading to spine, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Uncorrected proof
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- British | Neurology
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- Spine
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